BA program

Global Public Health BA program

BA in Global Public Health (56 credits required): This track is ideal for students interested in the social determinants of health and health equity. In addition to the core GPH courses, BA students will select from relevant course options across the humanities and social and life sciences.

*Students in the Global Public Health BS track may double major in any subject.

Required Courses	Credits
8 credits from the Program Core Course List: ANTH 206 Community Public Health I ANTH 306 Community Public Health II ANTH 249 Introduction to Epidemiology and Biostatistics GPH 303 Environmental Health AFST 450 Global Health	8
GPH 301 Global Public Health I: Social & Behavioral Sciences and Health	4
GPH 302 Global Public Health II: Health Systems & Policy	4
20 credits of General Public Health Courses*, such as: ENVI 101 Humans and Ecological Environment ANTH 240 Medical Anthropology for Pre-Health ANTH 243 Medical Anthropology: Human Biology and Health ANTH 244 Plagues, Culture and History AFST 345 Race, Philosophy, and Law AFST 480F Diversity and Health ANTH 429 Anthropology and Global Health	20
16 credits of Electives*, such as: GEOG 103 Multi-cultural Geographies of the US AFST 212 African Intellectual Traditions AFST 235 Muslim Peoples of the World ANTH 277 Food Consumption and the Body ANTH 350 Climate Change and Society AFST 372 Arabic Civilization and Culture AAAS 463 Medicine and Body in East Asia	16
GPH 401 Global Public Health Research Capstone I	2
GPH 402 Global Public Health Research Capstone II	2
Total Credits	56

 * At least 8 credits must be at the 300-level or higher

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Sample list of courses

• AFST 101 - Intro to Africana Studies

  A broad survey of some of the major themes in African, African American and other African diasporic experiences over a period of several hundred years. It centers on systems, movements and ideas that have transcended national, continental and oceanic boundaries - including slavery and emancipation, politics and religion, culture and identity, colonialism and nationalism. Overall, the course is an introduction to the making of the modern world, from the standpoint of black experiences globally. This course is offered in the fall. 4 credits Levels: Undergraduate

• AFST 212 - African Intellectual Traditns

  Introduction to key ideas in African intellectual and philosophical traditions, centered on conceptions of person, society, community, knowledge, art, gender relations and spirituality. Readings will vary from year to year at the discretion of instructor and are determined in advance. This course is offered in the fall. 4 credits Levels: Undergraduate

• ANTH 166 - Intro to Sociocultural Anth

  Surveys anthropological approaches to culture and society. Explores the different theories anthropologists use to understand how peoples' lives are shaped through social relations that vary historically, geographically, and cross-culturally. Key topics covered include political economy, history, colonialism, kinship, gender, expressive culture, material culture, politics, economics, and globalization. Emphasis on ethnographic case studies that clarify anthropology's distinctive methodology of participant observation and long-term fieldwork. Sociocultural anthro foundations course. 4 credits. Offered every semester. Levels: Undergraduate

• HIST 230 - History of Modern Medicine

  This course helps students appreciate how medical knowledge and practices are implicated in and influenced by social, political and economic forces, as well as how the concepts of health and disease, the relationships among hospitals, professions and patients, the character of therapeutics and the role of science, technology and industry have changed over time. The course focuses on medicine in the West since the early modern period and in America since the 18th Century. It also includes materials on pre-modern and non-Western medicines. Levels: Undergraduate

• GEOG 103 - Multi-Cultl Geographies Of US

  Overview of historical and contemporary patterns of multicultural geography within the U.S. Provides students an understanding of the evolution of several American subcultures (White European, Latino, Asian and Black) through the prism of geography, both in broad context and in separate analyses of socio-economic well-being, housing and healthcare differences over time and between racial/ethnic groups. The student is constantly reminded of the question: How do race/ethnicity, the political economy and degree of opportunity affect where and how well people live? Students learn to better understand patterns of the past and of today from a geographic perspective. For majors and non-majors. Not open to seniors. 4 credits. Levels: Undergraduate

• WGSS 200 - Intro to WomenGender&Sexuality

  An introduction to the interdisciplinary field of women, gender, and sexuality studies that examines a variety of feminist and queer theoretical approaches to understanding gendered and sexual lives in historical contexts. The course will provide an understanding of how identities interact with other social phenomena such as, politics popular culture, and scientific research. In doing so the course will highlight the complexities and variabilities of gender and sexualities in relation to race, class, ethnicity and nation. 4 credits. Levels: Undergraduate

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